Due to a large intake of schoolwork, travel, turkey, pumpkin pie, football, and channel flipping, the space on this blog has remained desolate for the past couple weeks. I apologize, and it certainly won’t happen again (until finals and Christmas creep up on me in the next few weeks). I’m currently traveling back to Oxford from Chicago, with a first-class view of Ohio from the top level of a Megabus. I wish I could report about some ridiculous passenger riding on the big blue vehicle with me but everyone seems completely normal.
The sports world provided plenty of entertainment for food-coma stricken fans who plopped down on their couch with a remote in one hand and another plate of leftover stuffing in the other hand. Coach K won game number 800 as head coach for Duke Tuesday night with a big early-season victory of Kansas State. Even in Kansas City, far from a neutral site, Jacob Pullen’s beard proved to be no match for Duke’s freshman guard Kyrie Irving, who tallied 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Also Tuesday night the Miami RedHawks delivered a huge 23-3 victory on the gridiron at home over Temple, improving their regular season record to 8-4. Kent State’s surprising 28-6 upset over Ohio University on Friday, just days after Kent State’s head coach Doug Martin resigned, gave the RedHawks sole possession of the MAC East championship. Miami next faces MAC West champions NIU at 7:00 in the MAC title game this Friday at Ford Field in Detroit. Coach Haywood and the entire coaching staff deserve credit for the hard work they’ve put in over the last 365 days to turn a 1-11 team into the most improved team in college football who simply waits to see which bowl they get selected for.
Wednesday night featured few national sports storylines, but I got to channel flip between my Bulls and Blackhawks so all was well.
Turkey day NFL matchups involved the Lions, Cowboys, and Bengals each in separate games. Gross. Fortunately, the middle game of the day between the Cowboys and Saints, in which Drew Brees’ boys found a way to win 30-27, made a first-glance boring NFL day into something worthwhile.
Friday: the day of all college football days. Auburn vs. Bama, Oregon vs. Zona, and Boise State vs. Vada. Despite trailing 21-0 at the end of the first quarter, 2nd ranked Auburn (10-0) defeated 11th ranked Alabama (9-2) by a score of 28-27. Regardless of his off the field allegations, Cam Newton deserves the Heisman. Team’s like Boise and TCU don’t have to overcome touch matchups like this Alabama game and other SEC opponents Auburn faces: give Auburn a national championship spot right now. Oregon pummeled Arizona 48-29, including 34 second half points. I assure you there will be no lack of scoring in that national championship. Boise State fought tough against Nevada, but the Bronco's kicker Kyle Brotzman missed two short field goals and cost his team the game. Kellen Moore’s Heisman should not live and die on the foot of the Bronco’s kicker.
Another typical day in the NFL this season left viewers confused as to who’s good and who is not. Two premiere teams faced off as the Falcons downed the Packers 20-17. Matt Ryan went 24-28, throwing for 197 yards: not phenomenal numbers but it improved the Falcons home record to an impressive 6-0.
So after all that, sit back and take a deep breath. College football conference championships are upon us and the smell of bowl season is in the air!
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